Traitor Watch - The 45 & 47 Thread

[G.B.Blackrock]

Does it really matter which lackey gets assigned to determine culpability? Cause any way around: congress, senate, the supreme court; it's controlled by republicans. They were gonna march out some lying fuckwit to scream at the camera until media normalizes it.

Even with Trump's actions in his first term, being "Republican" tends not to equal "spineless" in the courts. So, yes, it does really matter.

 

[Axaday]

Seems to me there's a strong argument to say that "if he keeps doing them when told to stop" by the courts, those actions can no longer be "official acts."

Yeah, that seems reasonable. If the courts say you aren't allowed to do it, then it isn't part of your job.

 

[Pocket]

Seems to me there's a strong argument to say that "if he keeps doing them when told to stop" by the courts, those actions can no longer be "official acts."

Didn't they explicitly define the January 6 coup as an official act? If that counts, I don't know what he can do that wouldn't.

 

[Axaday]

Didn't they explicitly define the January 6 coup as an official act? If that counts, I don't know what he can do that wouldn't.

They didn't. They sent it back to have all of that litigated and ran out of time. Trump's lawyers had acknowledged that a lot of the stuff wasn't going to count as official acts.

 

[Rhinox]

Seems at this point the only thing that will stop him is that coronary we all hope and believe is coming.

 

[Axaday]

Seems at this point the only thing that will stop him is that coronary we all hope and believe is coming.

He's had two scrapes with another cause of death in the last year that were closer than I'd want if I were him.

 

[Pale Rider]

FB friend:

Minority Trump supporters, please stop whining that you feel "betrayed" by his behaviour since the election. The real betrayal here was yours. You betrayed your people, your country, the world, common decency, and basic logic by voting for the most corrupt and criminal president in history and then trusting that he would govern responsibly.

It's like getting Jeffrey Dahmer to manage a homeless shelter and soup kitchen, and then wondering why the meat loaf tastes weird.

Gee, nobody could have foreseen the greatest data breach in the history of the United States when you elected the most corrupt and criminal president in history, knowing that he'd once taken top-secret classified files to his golf resort to show off to his friends.

Well, Trump did it: he ended global warming, by shutting down the government climate databases that people were using to figure out how bad it is. And you thought it would be difficult.

 

[Anonymous X]

I’m checking my iPhone early every morning to check if Trump hasn’t started a war and invaded a sovereign country, or had all of his opposition arrested. Or worse. This is stressful, even on the other side of the Atlantic. I’m aware that even not living in the States, there are a whole lot of knock-on effects that will cause issues in my country.

 

[Pocket]

You don't need to know about it that badly. If something that drastic happens, you won't be able to avoid finding out even if you live under a literal rock.

 

[Paladin]

Trump Takes Over the Kennedy Center

The president intends to replace members of the institution’s board as he adopts a more aggressive approach toward the arts.

www.theatlantic.com

surely THAT'll lead to cheaper eggs...

 

[wonko the sane?]

So yeah, now we know why denmark was freaking out: trump isn't using this as some kind of fucked up negotiation tactic, he literally has imperial ambitions.

Side note: folks, please boycott the super bowl. Hit the rich where it hurts, where they'll actually notice, cause they don't give two shits about your suffering.

 

[Axaday]

Trump Takes Over the Kennedy Center

The president intends to replace members of the institution’s board as he adopts a more aggressive approach toward the arts.

www.theatlantic.com

surely THAT'll lead to cheaper eggs.

He is leaving no stone unturned.

 

[KidTDragon]

Side note: folks, please boycott the super bowl. Hit the rich where it hurts, where they'll actually notice, cause they don't give two shits about your suffering.

I do that every year, but it's nice to have a more noble reason than "I don't care about sportsball."

 

[Axaday]

Yeah, I am not watching the Superbowl. I went two Superbowl parties twice, but didn't watch the game. That's my whole relationship with the Superbowl. They won't notice I am not watching.

 

[Pocket]

Also, why the Super Bowl specifically? If the target is just "the rich" generally, we ought to be boycotting, like... everything. Literally every product we don't absolutely need to live. Which I'm on board with, honestly, in general, as just a protest against the capitalist system, but I'm confused what's so special about the Super Bowl. Which, by the way, doesn't even cost money to watch.

 

[Axaday]

Also, why the Super Bowl specifically? If the target is just "the rich" generally, we ought to be boycotting, like... everything. Literally every product we don't absolutely need to live. Which I'm on board with, honestly, in general, as just a protest against the capitalist system, but I'm confused what's so special about the Super Bowl. Which, by the way, doesn't even cost money to watch.

If you watch the SuperBowl, you will see the commercials. The most expensive commercials all year. And you'll buy all of the stuff. I'm surprise you didn't know that.

 

[Rhinox]

I'll be working anyway. I always seem to be working Super Bowl Sunday. Sure wish it came with holiday pay.

 

[CoffeeHorse]

I don't even know if it's this weekend or next weekend or if I'm way off. Sports don't enter my world at all.

 

[The Mighty Mollusk]

I stopped paying attention to the Big Sportsball Days when I quit Target and no longer had to worry about making room for extra pallets of TVs two weeks before.

 

[Anonymous X]

Well, I’m British, and believe me, I’ll certainly be boycotting the Super Bowl.